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Photos: Founding to 1950
Pre-1900
1870s Elisha and Nancy Stover Tintype
This is a tintype of Charles Elisha “Lish” and Nancy Stover, early settlers in the area of Lewisville. He died in 1872. The photo likely dates to the 1860s and the image is very clear.
1870s Elisha and Nancy Stover Tintype
1877 Lewisville Colored School receipt
1877 Lewisville Colored School receipt
1877 Lewisville School receipt
1877 Lewisville School receipt
1878 Rhoda King land patent 01
1878 Rhoda King land patent 01
1878 Rhoda King land patent 02
1878 Rhoda King land patent 02
1880s Kealy Cotton Gin receipt
1880s Kealy Cotton Gin receipt
1880s Railroad Handcar
1880s Railroad Handcar
1883 Sam Jenkins building a wagon
1883 Sam Jenkins building a wagon
1885 Skillern Drugstore
1885 Skillern Drugstore
1887 Photo – Group of Western Men
1887 Photo – Group of Western Men
1889 Guy Bourland
1889 Guy Bourland
1890c Hatcher Dry Goods
1890c Hatcher Dry Goods
1891 registered mail receipt – back
1891 registered mail receipt – back
1891 registered mail receipt – front
1891 registered mail receipt – front
1894 Cobb family singers
1894 Cobb family singers
1894 Overton Hamilton family
1894 Overton Hamilton family
1895 Henry Baxter at harvest
1895 Henry Baxter at harvest
1896 Stockard Family home
1896 Stockard Family home
1897 Main Street looking west
1897 Main Street looking west
1897 Main Street north side
1897 Main Street north side
1897c CJ Thomas House
1897c CJ Thomas House
1898 Sherrill-Cobb marriage license
1898 Sherrill-Cobb marriage license
1898c Main Street core
1898c Main Street core
1899 Lewisville Enterprise supplement (polser)
1899 Lewisville Enterprise supplement (polser)
1900 – 1909
1900 Frank Combs farm
1900 Frank Combs farm
1900 Tom Young, Tallest Man in Lewisville
1900 Tom Young, Tallest Man in Lewisville
1900 Tom Young, Tallest Man in Lewisville
1900 Tom Young, Tallest Man in Lewisville
1900 women in a buggy 1
1900 women in a buggy 1
1900 women in a buggy 2
1900 women in a buggy 2
1900 women picking cotton
1900 women picking cotton
1900c Cotton Harvest (1)
1900c Cotton Harvest (1)
1900c Lewisville Academy
1900c Lewisville Academy
1900c Main Street core
1900c Main Street core
1900c Stover Store and Degan Livery Stable
1900c Stover Store and Degan Livery Stable
1900c Stover Store and Degan Livery Stable
1900c Stover Store and Degan Livery Stable
1901 LHS First Graduating Class – clipping
1901 LHS First Graduating Class – clipping
1902 – LHS Graduating Class – LISD photo
1902 – LHS Graduating Class – LISD photo
1902 Elizabeth Cobb Jenkins
1902 Elizabeth Cobb Jenkins
1902 First Methodist Church on Walters 01
1902 First Methodist Church on Walters 01
1902 Tom Fagg with watermelon
1902 Tom Fagg with watermelon
1902c Poydras Street north of Main
1902c Poydras Street north of Main
1903c Lewisville wooden schoolhouse
1903c Lewisville wooden schoolhouse
1903c Main Street
1903c Main Street
1903c Main Street – reduced
1903c Main Street – reduced
1903c Sam and Lizzie Jankins family
1903c Sam and Lizzie Jankins family
1904 Lewisville teacher Frank B. McMath, teacher at Chinn’s Chapel School
1904 Lewisville teacher Frank B. McMath, teacher at Chinn’s Chapel School
1905 LHS Baseball Team – LISD photo
1905 LHS Baseball Team – LISD photo
1905c Faith Trimble
1905c Faith Trimble
1906 Downtown
1906 Downtown
1906 Receipt – James Hayes Hardware
1906 Receipt – James Hayes Hardware
1908 Election Tombstone on Main Street
1908 Election Tombstone on Main Street
1908 Jim Waggonger cooking duty
1908 Jim Waggonger cooking duty
1908 Lewisville Enterprise
1908 Lewisville Enterprise
1908 Lewisville Enterprise cropped
1908 Lewisville Enterprise cropped
1908 Main Street parade (SMU)
1908 Main Street parade (SMU)
1908 Otho Sparks chain gang
1908 Otho Sparks chain gang
1908 parade floats (SMU)
1908 parade floats (SMU)
1908c – Velda Hamilton of Lewisville Enterprise
1908c – Velda Hamilton of Lewisville Enterprise
1908c Linnie and Lorice Baxter
1908c Linnie and Lorice Baxter
1909 Lewisville Depot
1909 Lewisville Depot
1909 Lewisville Depot corrected
1909 Lewisville Depot corrected
1909 Main Street
1909 Main Street
1909 Washday with Sudie Robertson
1909 Washday with Sudie Robertson
1909 houses along the tracks
1909 houses along the tracks
1909c Baxter House
1909c Baxter House
1910 – 1919
1910 Farmers Day (SMU)
1910 Farmers Day (SMU)
1910c Henry Baxter’s Grocery Store
1910c Henry Baxter’s Grocery Store
1910c Seth Nowlin family
1910c Seth Nowlin family
1911 Bethel School Singing Class
1911 Bethel School Singing Class
1911 Donald School
1911 Donald School
1911 Independence Day Parade 01
1911 Independence Day Parade 01
1911 Independence Day Parade 01 – cropped
1911 Independence Day Parade 01 – cropped
1911 Independence Day Parade 02
1911 Independence Day Parade 02
1911 Joe Cobb
1911 Joe Cobb
1911 Moore Drug
1911 Moore Drug
1911 Moore Drug
1911 Moore Drug
1912 CSA Veteran Jimmy Williams
1912 CSA Veteran Jimmy Williams
1912 Lewisville Academy
1912 Lewisville Academy
1912 Lewisville Academy (Polser)
1912 Lewisville Academy (Polser)
1912 Lewisville State Bank
1912 Lewisville State Bank
1912 Lewisville State Bank calendar
1912 Lewisville State Bank calendar
1912 Samuel Lusk will – back
1912 Samuel Lusk will – back
1912 Samuel Lusk will – front
1912 Samuel Lusk will – front
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton)
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton)
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 01
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 01
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 02
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 02
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 03
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 03
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 04
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 04
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 05
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 05
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 06
1913 Lewisville Boosters (in Denton) – clip 06
1914 burned Main Street furniture store
1914 burned Main Street furniture store
1914 burned Main Street furniture store (cropped)
1914 burned Main Street furniture store (cropped)
1915 First Car in Lewisville
1915 First Car in Lewisville
1915c Cobb’s Dry Goods exterior
1915c Cobb’s Dry Goods exterior
1915c Cobb’s Dry Goods interior
1915c Cobb’s Dry Goods interior
1915c Etta Mae Jenkins on Poydras Street
1915c Etta Mae Jenkins on Poydras Street
1915c Joe Cobb outside Cobb’s Dry Goods 01
1915c Joe Cobb outside Cobb’s Dry Goods 01
1915c Joe Cobb outside Cobb’s Dry Goods 02
1915c Joe Cobb outside Cobb’s Dry Goods 02
1915c Seth Nowlin family
1915c Seth Nowlin family
1916c Good Roads Bond Committee
1916c Good Roads Bond Committee
1916c Good Roads Bond Committee – crop
1916c Good Roads Bond Committee – crop
1916c Old Town Lewisville
1916c Old Town Lewisville
1917 Check – First National Bank
1917 Check – First National Bank
1918 Marjorie Singletary
1918 Marjorie Singletary
1918 Samuel Lusk death announcement
1918 Samuel Lusk death announcement
1920 – 1929
1920 Moving from Lewisville to Grapevine
1920 Moving from Lewisville to Grapevine
1920c Bethel School teacher Allie Nowlin
1920c Bethel School teacher Allie Nowlin
1920c Cobb’s Dry Goods
1920c Cobb’s Dry Goods
1920c Cobb’s Dry Goods with label
1920c Cobb’s Dry Goods with label
1920c Lewisville Academy
1920c Lewisville Academy
1920s Bob Greer freight truck
1920s Bob Greer freight truck
1920s Denton County Boosters
1920s Denton County Boosters
1920s Denton County Boosters (original)
1920s Denton County Boosters (original)
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 1
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 1
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 1 (original)
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 1 (original)
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 2
1920s First National Bank – Oscar E Carlisle 2
1920s LHS Baseball Game
1920s LHS Baseball Game
1920s Neighbors have a picnic
1920s Neighbors have a picnic
1921 First Methodist Church
1921 First Methodist Church
1921 LHS Boys Basketball Team
1921 LHS Boys Basketball Team
1921 LHS Football Team
1921 LHS Football Team
1922 LHS Boys Basketball Team
1922 LHS Boys Basketball Team
1923 LHS Girls Basketball Team
1923 LHS Girls Basketball Team
1923 hail storm
1923 hail storm
1923-24 Garza High School – LISD
1923-24 Garza High School – LISD
1924 Donald School
1924 Donald School
1924 First Baptist Sunday School
1924 First Baptist Sunday School
1924 Interurban Station corrected
1924 Interurban Station corrected
1924 Interurban clipping
1924 Interurban clipping
1924 large tree on two trucks (1)
1924 large tree on two trucks (1)
1924 large tree on two trucks (2)
1924 large tree on two trucks (2)
1925 Lewisville Enterprise
1925 Lewisville Enterprise
1926 Cobb’s Store advertising sign
1926 Cobb’s Store advertising sign
1926 Elizabeth Cobb Jenkins
1926 Elizabeth Cobb Jenkins
1926c Curtis Family home
1926c Curtis Family home
1927c Main Street election signs
1927c Main Street election signs
1928 Bethel School girls basketball team
1928 Bethel School girls basketball team
1928 Bethel School seniors
1928 Bethel School seniors
1928 Bethel School students
1928 Bethel School students
1928c Jen Montgomery and Lizzie Jenkins
1928c Jen Montgomery and Lizzie Jenkins
1929 LHS Football Team
1929 LHS Football Team
1929c Lewisville Post Office
1929c Lewisville Post Office
1930 – 1939
1930c – Huffines Motor Company
1930c – Huffines Motor Company
1930c cotton sharecroppers
1930c cotton sharecroppers
1930c prohibition bust
1930c prohibition bust
1930s Round Grove School class photo
1930s Round Grove School class photo
1931 Lewisville Grammar School
1931 Lewisville Grammar School
1931c LHS Football Team
1931c LHS Football Team
1931c LHS football coach R.O. Davis
1931c LHS football coach R.O. Davis
1932 LHS Diploma, Lester Robertson
1932 LHS Diploma, Lester Robertson
1932 LHS Graduating Class
1932 LHS Graduating Class
1932 livery stable clipping
1932 livery stable clipping
1934 Hamilton Robbery thank you letter
1934 Hamilton Robbery thank you letter
1934 Hamilton robbery
1934 Hamilton robbery
1934 LHS Diploma, Lillian Joy Calvert
1934 LHS Diploma, Lillian Joy Calvert
1934 LHS Senior Field Trip to Lake Dallas 01
1934 LHS Senior Field Trip to Lake Dallas 01
1934 LHS Senior Field Trip to Lake Dallas 02
1934 LHS Senior Field Trip to Lake Dallas 02
1935 Huffines employees
1935 Huffines employees
1935 Overton Hamilton in Dallas
1935 Overton Hamilton in Dallas
1935 aerial (SMU)
1935 aerial (SMU)
1936c Russell sisters at Waketon Community
1936c Russell sisters at Waketon Community
1937 Donald Elementary School bus – LISD
1937 Donald Elementary School bus – LISD
1937 Donald School
1937 Donald School
1937 Double Oak School
1937 Double Oak School
1938 LHS football team
1938 LHS football team
1938 Lake Dallas Spillway postcard
1938 Lake Dallas Spillway postcard
1938 Welcoming Committee
1938 Welcoming Committee
1938 Welcoming Committee (original)
1938 Welcoming Committee (original)
1939 LHS senior boys
1939 LHS senior boys
1939 LHS senior girls
1939 LHS senior girls
1939 LHS seniors
1939 LHS seniors
1939c Curtis Family home
1939c Curtis Family home
1940 – 1949
1940 LHS Kid’s Day
1940 LHS Kid’s Day
1940 LHS junior-senior banquet
1940 LHS junior-senior banquet
1940 LHS seniors
1940 LHS seniors
1940s Edmonds farm
1940s Edmonds farm
1940s Huffines Motor Company
1940s Huffines Motor Company
1940s LHS girls basketball team
1940s LHS girls basketball team
1940s Main Street core
1940s Main Street core
1940s fishing at Garza Dam
1940s fishing at Garza Dam
1941 Sam Salmon with trucks
1941 Sam Salmon with trucks
1942 Burdette brothers
1942 Burdette brothers
1942 Girls at the Train Depot
1942 Girls at the Train Depot
1942 Girls on Main Street
1942 Girls on Main Street
1942 Kirkpatrick Family
1942 Kirkpatrick Family
1942 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1942 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1942 Main Street
1942 Main Street
1942 Military Recruits
1942 Military Recruits
1942 Navy Uniform
1942 Navy Uniform
1942 Oscar and Eva Robertson
1942 Oscar and Eva Robertson
1942 delayed birth certificate for Henry Baxter
1942 delayed birth certificate for Henry Baxter
1944 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 1
1944 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 1
1944 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1944 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1945 Lewisville Enterprise special
1945 Lewisville Enterprise special
1945 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1945 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 2
1945 newspaper clipping – Max Goldsmith in Luzon Invasion
1945 newspaper clipping – Max Goldsmith in Luzon Invasion
1945c Children Playing at the Garza-Little Elm Dam
1945c Children Playing at the Garza-Little Elm Dam
1945c downtown parade with Russell sisters
1945c downtown parade with Russell sisters
1946 – LSB robbery – news clipping 01
1946 – LSB robbery – news clipping 01
1946 – LSB robbery – news clipping 02
1946 – LSB robbery – news clipping 02
1946 All-grades school
1946 All-grades school
1946 LHS Pep Squad
1946 LHS Pep Squad
1946 LHS Pep Squad drill
1946 LHS Pep Squad drill
1946 LHS Pep Squad whole
1946 LHS Pep Squad whole
1946 LHS football game
1946 LHS football game
1946 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 6
1946 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 6
1946 Moore Pharmacy receipt
1946 Moore Pharmacy receipt
1946 Phone Directory page 1
1946 Phone Directory page 1
1946 Phone Directory page 2
1946 Phone Directory page 2
1947 LHS graduating boys
1947 LHS graduating boys
1947 LHS graduating class
1947 LHS graduating class
1947 LHS graduating girls
1947 LHS graduating girls
1947 Salmon’s Food Store exterior
1947 Salmon’s Food Store exterior
1948 Crawford Super Market
1948 Crawford Super Market
1948 JW Mays at Lakeview Egg Farm
1948 JW Mays at Lakeview Egg Farm
1948 Lakeview Egg Farm
1948 Lakeview Egg Farm
1948 Lewisvile School 01
1948 Lewisvile School 01
1948 Lewisvile School 02
1948 Lewisvile School 02
1948 Lewisvile School 03
1948 Lewisvile School 03
1948 Lewisvile School 04
1948 Lewisvile School 04
1948 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 5
1948 Lewisville Grammar School, Grade 5
1949 Aerial – Old Town Lewisville
1949 Aerial – Old Town Lewisville
1949 LISD School Board
1949 LISD School Board
1949 Lewisville High School
1949 Lewisville High School
1949 Nobles Cleaners
1949 Nobles Cleaners